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Posted by mac in Boston DIYbio, Groups, San Francisco DIYbio, iGEM, meetings on 11 18th, 2009 | 1 Comment
iGEM 09 Jamboree DIYbio meetup recap... A bunch of interesting projects ideas were discussed at the DIYbio meetup during the iGEM Jamboree 2 weeks ago – here are my notes: Yashas Shetty wants to organize an international DIY microscope building session and subsequent videoconference for early December based on his DIY Microscope...
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Posted by tito in DIYscience, iGEM on 11 8th, 2009 | 6 Comments
An iPhone Microscope... Imagine this: You’re exploring the salt ponds of San Francisco, and notice the water isn’t clear — it’s red! You dip a piece of plastic into the water to get a sample and notice lots of small little particles in the droplets. Then you pull out your iPhone, magnify the sample...
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Posted by mac in iGEM, safety on 04 10th, 2009 | 2 Comments
iGEM Closes Doors to Amateurs... How can amateurs participate in iGEM? - Several weeks ago the Director of iGEM (my old boss) asked me to drop by to chat. He basically told me iGEM wasn’t going to allow amateur teams for 2009, despite earlier statements to the contrary, for two reasons: iGEM depends on the academic institution...
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Posted by mac in iGEM, synthetic biology on 02 9th, 2009 | 7 Comments
iGEM opens registration to DIYbio and mo... UPDATE 10 April 2009: iGEM Closes Doors to Amateurs The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) is about 5 years old now and bigger than ever. iGEM 2008 at the Jamboree More than 1000 students are expected to participate in 2009 by applying the principles of synthetic biology...
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